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The past week and Crafty swap

Crafty swap for October has started. We have started with Coasters. I have send fabric, buttons (that match the fabric) and ribbon to my person for this month and I have received this fabric from another.

I am currently hand stitching on the lace/ribbon on to the brown fabric before sewing together my blocks

I have also been doing a lot of unpicking....my circle quilt looks like this, just needing to iron the binding and sew it back on- the way I like doing binding.

circle quilt

and need to start unpicking the quilt for Master B but need to wait till I have the patience to do it.

On a happier note I brought some more fabric from Sew Pretty

Now to get started on another quilt at craft Tuesday night for a friend. Here are the fabrics I am starting with!

Lets hope for a productive week!

Photo Friday

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Enjoying a great cup of coffee :D

My very own dolls house

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I have for quite a while now wanted a dolls house and never having had one when I was a little girl I brought myself a dolls house. I had Master B ask why someone had forgotten to buy me one when I was little (adorable!). It was second hand from Trade Me and it came with some furniture and a few dolls.

1st coat covering up previous paint colours

Master B & Master W playing with dolls and furniture

I gave it a paint. - a few coats to cover some browns/reds/purple it has been painted previously. And after a trip to Resene for paint it is now Spanish White, excluding the sliding doors and windows and the feature wall in the bedroom painted Vista Blue- which matches perfectly with the fabric I made little blankets from for the beds from Sew Pretty. (also made 2 mattresses, set of sheets, pillows with cases)

Dolls house

Bathroom

Kitchen and Dining

Lounge with office furniture (and computer)

Bedroom with feature wall

I am really enjoying seeing the boys play pretend with the people and actually sitting down and playing house with each other and being so creative with their imaginations, and it also makes me notice how sturdy boys toys are made! Its a win for me and them!

Sew Sew!

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Its been a busy last few days for me.

Three quilts done! I really dislike the method of binding and it took so long to cut, iron in half then again to have 1/2 inch wide binding I only had to sew once (minus the few times I have to re sew) might just stick to the old way of doing it- iron binding in half, sew on back, fold over and sew again.

3 quilts finished!

I have started a Christmas table runner using the fabrics I found last week. I am using a few of the blocks from The Farmers Wife Sampler Quilt.

8 blocks done

[73] Rainbow Flowers

[2] Autumn Tints

I have also set the challenge of a $10 limit for Christmas for everyone for gifts (helping the boys not get so many toys for Christmas). I have a long list of projects to finish before Christmas as well as the list of things to make for Christmas gifts.
I have started making a set of adorable felt citrus coasters and also tempted to make these felt apple coasters for myself!